The atmosphere in Millwall's dressing room was not like a backwater after a traumatic blow.

Commentators who are now following the game may be talking about Bout's poor performance in the first half.

In fact, in the Millwall dressing room, there may be players who will be dissatisfied, but complaining about teammates is not allowed in the dressing room, and there may be only a thin line between criticism and complaining, but Millwall has always grasped this degree very well.

Taking a step back, Bout is bad because both goals conceded are related to him.

But aren't the other players responsible?

You know, Millwall didn't score in the first half, and didn't even play a few threatening attacks, which is not normal in itself, if you want to complain, Millwall's attack group, Xiao Luo is the first to bear the brunt of the blame, and other players also did not have a good performance in the first half.

Will blaming and blaming each other make things better?

No!

The team needs to encourage and support each other to keep the team's morale at a high level.

As the captain, De Rossi's thinking is very clear at this time, how the team should play, how to reverse the opponent to win the game, such a technical and tactical link, he should not worry about it, the coaching staff is responsible, but as the captain, he wants to boost the morale of the whole team.

So when Aldridge and the coaching staff pushed the door in, they thought they were in the wrong room, as if they were in the high-spirited Chelsea dressing room.

De Rossi stood in the middle of his teammates, looking majestic and a little ferocious, and yelled at his teammates: "Who is the king of Europe?" ”

The Millwall players standing around him shouted in unison: "Wild Lion! ”

"Who aspires to rewrite the history of the Champions League! To be the number one in history? ”

"It's our mad lion!"

'Will we lose our fighting spirit to Chelsea?'

"No!"

'Are we afraid of Chelsea?'

"No!"

'We're going to have Chelsea all over the ground in the second half, aren't we?'

"That's right!"

"We're going to win, we're going to lift that damn club's seventh Champions League trophy! Right? ”

"Yes!"

"I'm so proud of me. I'm so proud of you. Because we are? ”

"Wild Lion! Wild Lion! Wild Lion! ”

After the captain took the lead to boost morale. The entire Millwall squad was already in high spirits in the dressing room, and the morale blow from being two goals behind was well dispelled.

De Rossi returned to his seat and stood still, the rest of the team staring at Aldridge with intense eyes.

How to turn the tables, of course, listen carefully to Aldrich's deployment.

As Aldridge walked in front of the players, Villas-Boas and Stramacioni also moved a tactical board behind Aldridge.

'2-0 down, it looks a bit bad, Chelsea played very well today and they are better than they have been in the past. Not only did they do their best to defend, but they also used very clever ways to contain us. However, today I want to prove one thing, I always say to you, you are not the best version of yourself, you still have potential, maybe for a long time, some of you have thought that I am lying, you are already the best version of yourself. Today. It's time for me to honor that sentence, because. You can be stronger! ”

Aldridge's expression was not nervous, and his calm attitude injected more confidence into the team.

He laid out the general formation and running lines of the first half on the tactics board behind him, and then began to briefly explain to the players why they didn't play in the first half, or explain to them what Chelsea's 'smart way' was.

Compared with the past, Chelsea pay more attention to midfield defense, reduce a winger, strengthen a midfield defender, and then, they will have an advantage in the number of midfielders, plus the back four itself has a numerical advantage over Millwall's trident, and the double striker is standing behind to compress the defensive space, making Chelsea's half not only form a solid fortress, but also achieve a perfect cut of Millwall's attacking formation in the execution of defensive tactics!

So Henry would have barely shown himself in the first half, and he had a pitiful number of touches.

So whether it is Xiao Luo or Ronaldo, even if you can pass one, you will fall into an isolated situation.

The underlying reason is that Millwall's formation is cut to pieces, and the closer you get to Chelsea's penalty area, the more difficult it is to connect with your team-mates.

Aldridge had to make his players understand the root cause of the inability to gain an advantage in the first half.

Only by understanding these things from a global perspective can we improve measures in a targeted manner and do our best when listening to Aldrich's next tactical adjustments.

'In the second half, we had to change the formation.

Aldridge erased the tactics board and redrew a Millwall formation.

In this formation.

Cristiano Ronaldo switched from right winger to left winger!

Thierry Henry moves right winger!

Xiao Luo hits the front midfield!

Kaka, pseudo-center!

The midfield remains the same.

If it weren't for Aldridge's explanation, the players might have wondered at this time.

Millwall weakened the centre-forward, isn't it more difficult to get close to the opposition goal?

No, in such a situation.

If Henry continues to play as a centre-forward, he will inevitably remain isolated in layers of blockade.

Or, Millwall add a striker in the box, but where will this additional striker be transferred from?

The midfield itself has no advantage, and if it is weakened, won't it even have a place to stand?

The back line also can't be moved lightly, the threat of Chelsea on the counter-attack is clear, and a sufficient number of defenders must be ensured.

Increasing the options of strikers in the box is not feasible, Aldridge has done the opposite, simply not printing a central striker!

Xiao Luo is a midfielder, Kaka is a pseudo-center, and the two cover the area from the midfield to the front of the penalty area, which will increase the control here.

On their flanks, there are Cristiano Ronaldo and Lahm on the left, and Thierry Henry and Schneider on the right.

Behind them, there are Alonso and De Rossi.

Millwall wants to turn the tables, the first thing to do is to prescribe the right medicine, is the penetration of the midfield, the players in the attack by the opponent with the defense cut the formation, blocking the connection between teammates.

This must be improved.

In fact, four years ago, when Aldridge reflected on the game after the World Cup against Brazil, he put himself in Brazil's position and thought about the game, and he summed up the experience that the 3R combination with terrifying strength could have made positive adjustments to kill England early.

It's just that Scolari will have a hard time making that change, because he can't get the alien Ronaldo to drop back from the forward line, support the midfield, and connect with more teammates, otherwise, Brazil would not have been fouled by England in a single battle to thwart the attack.

Today, Millwall face the same problems as Brazil back then.

When teammates can't connect with each other, can they only rely on their individual ability?

Will this be effective?

Maybe the end game is the same as Brazil back then, earning N fouls from the opponent but not being able to score.

Another point is the decisive factor for Aldridge to make such a change of formation: the current formation is the ultimate idea of the third generation of the Wild Lions of Millwall!

It can be said that in the past two years, Millwall has cultivated the core team of the third generation of the Wild Lions with the essence of the technical and tactical play style of the second generation of the Wild Lions!

Aldridge has not been slow to turn this final idea into reality, because there are two points, first, Xiao Luo is still at the peak. Second, Millwall lacks the last piece of the puzzle: Messi, whose strength spans the first-class upper echelons!

Originally, in the middle and late stages of this season, when Xiao Luo was unable to follow up and his form began to decline, Aldridge had begun to experiment with such a formation, but it was not fixed.

It is undeniable that the grinding phase of Cristiano Ronaldo has reached a tipping point this season and he must go to the position that suits him best, which is the left winger.

Messi is growing, and now Aldridge is interested in straightening Messi next season and making him the main force of the right winger, then the ultimate idea of this technique and tactics will be completely formed.

For Millwall, it will be the two superstars who open the bow left and right, the center is weakened, turned into a pseudo-center, strengthens the midfield and the support of the winger's scoring ability, Henry, who will be in his thirties next season, can play, Kaka can play, Villa can also play, and the future Aguero can also.

Although it is really helpless to change the formation now, but combined with the game shape, there is nothing wrong with this risky fight.

Finally, Aldridge concluded: "In the second half, we had to break the opposition's defensive cutting circle, we had to be able to find each other's teammates, use the quick ball, the positive movement to get the ball moving, move widely, fast, fast, quick, let the opponent run with us, keep shifting, and then after they couldn't keep up with our rhythm, we were able to break through the opponent's defence!" I have faith in you, but what about yourselves? Have faith? ”

After thoroughly understanding Aldridge's tactical adjustments, the players looked at each other, nodded to each other and said loudly: "Yes!" ”

A smile appeared on the corner of Aldrich's mouth, and he said lightly: "Then let's go, take out the true colors of the mad lion, and the victory will be ours!" ”

Millwall walked out of the dressing room in high spirits and in high spirits.

They left the dressing room earlier than the Chelsea players to wait for the start of the second half, and it looked like Chelsea had been in the dressing room for a long time at half-time to reprimand or make changes.

Aldridge returned to the stadium and found that the stands where the Lions fans were located were a little depressed, and probably many fans were also worried about the Lions.

He spread his hands and made a move to stir up the atmosphere of the court.

In a few moments, the Stade de France, before the second half of the game began, the passionate shouts of the Lions fans in the stands shook the sky!

If you don't look at the score, you probably think that the Lions are ahead!

Mourinho was stunned for a moment when he walked in, he paused and walked to the dugout, glancing back at Aldridge, who had his hands in his pockets and looked indifferent.

For some reason, his expression became solemn. (To be continued......)